he does not agree with chuck hagel. he, during that questioning, alleged that he was not patriotic, to which john mccain even came to hagel's defense. none the less, here is the headline from the "new york times." the gop's nasty newcomer, has a quote here. that's the direction to do. onery swaggering piece of work. [ laughter ] >> steve: you know, they're clearly trying to bark him and tar cruz, and the entire tea party movement. i read one thing this morning that said in the past what they tried to do with the tea party is tried -- they're a bunch of racist. now what they're trying to do, the left, is try to suggest, they're not racist. they're more like joe mccarthy! here is the panel on "special report" last night talking a little bit about ted cruz' derangement syndrome. >> i think there is something of a double standard here in the coverage, once again in the coverage of liberals versus conservatives. ted cruz wants more financial records from hagel. one of 24 senators who asked for more financial records. last we